Antenna structure comprising transmission line for transitioning and feeding between multiple frequency bands and electronic device comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11864309-B2
Application number	US-202017440474-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2020
Priority date	Mar 21, 2019
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a housing comprising a first plate, a second plate, and a side member, the side member having a first part comprising a first surface, a second surface, a through-hole formed from the first surface to the second surface in a first direction in which same penetrates the side member, and a nonconductive material; a display; a printed circuit board comprising a third surface, a fourth surface, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a feeding line, a conductive pattern, a conductive via, a third conductive layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, a fourth conductive layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer, multiple first side vias formed so as to electrically connect the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer and to be spaced apart from the conductive via by a first distance in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, and in which same face away from the through-hole and the slit, and multiple second side vias formed so as to electrically connect the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer and to be spaced apart from the conductive via by a second distance, which is different from the first distance, in the second direction; and at least one wireless communication circuit. Various other embodiments recognizable from the specification are also possible.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, connected with the second plate or integrally formed with the second plate, and including a conductive material,
wherein a first portion of the side member includes:
a first surface facing an exterior of the housing;
a second surface facing an interior of the housing;
a through hole formed in a first direction being a direction passing through the side member from the first surface to the second surface; and
a non-conductive material inserted into the through hole;

a display viewable through at least a portion of the first plate;
a printed circuit board disposed in the interior of the housing, wherein the printed circuit board includes:
a third surface facing the second surface;
a fourth surface facing away from the third surface;
a first conductive layer disposed closer to the third surface than to the fourth surface and including a slit formed to face the through hole;
a second conductive layer disposed closer to the fourth surface than to the first conductive layer;
a feeding line interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer;
a conductive pattern interposed between the feeding line and the first conductive layer and electrically coupled with the first conductive layer;
a conductive via connecting the feeding line and the conductive pattern;
a third conductive layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer;
a fourth conductive layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer;
a plurality of first side vias electrically connecting the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer and formed to be spaced from the conductive via in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction and is a direction facing away from the through hole and the slit, as much as a first distance; and
a plurality of second side vias electrically connecting the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer and formed to be spaced from the conductive via in the second direction as much as a second distance different from the first distance; and

a wireless communication circuit electrically connected with the feeding line, and configured to transmit and/or receive signals each having a frequency between 3 GHz and 100 GHz.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit board includes:
a first shorting stub formed between the first conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer and configured to transition a first signal belonging to a first frequency band from among the signals so as to be transferred to the through hole of the side member; and
a second shorting stub formed between the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer and configured to transition a second signal belonging to a second frequency band different from the first frequency band from among the signals so as to be transferred to the through hole.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first and second shorting stubs form a double open circuit,
wherein the first shorting stub is a band-stop filter blocking the first frequency band, and
wherein the second shorting stub is a band-stop filter blocking the second frequency band.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of first side vias are spaced as much as the first distance to allow the wireless communication circuit to transmit and/or receive the first signal belonging to the first frequency band, and
wherein the plurality of second side vias are spaced as much as the second distance to allow the wireless communication circuit to transmit and/or receive the second signal belonging to the second frequency band.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an antenna radiator of a horn shape is formed at the side member.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the side member and the printed circuit board are connected to each other by using the through hole and the slit.

7. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first distance has a quarter wave length for the first signal, and
wherein the second distance has a quarter wave length for the second signal.

8. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein bandwidths of the first and second signals are set depending on heights of the first and second shorting stubs.

9. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, connected with the second plate or integrally formed with the second plate, and including a conductive material,
wherein a first portion of the side member includes:
a first surface facing an exterior of the housing, and a second surface facing away from the first surface;
a printed circuit board disposed in the interior of the housing,
wherein the printed circuit board includes:
a third surface facing the second surface;
a fourth surface facing away from the third surface;
a first conductive layer disposed closer to the third surface than to the fourth surface and in which a through hole is formed in a first direction;
a second conductive layer disposed closer to the fourth surface than to the first conductive layer;
a feeding line interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer;
a conductive via connecting the feeding line and the first conductive layer;
a third conductive layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer;
a fourth conductive layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer;
a plurality of third side vias electrically connecting the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer, formed to be spaced from the conductive via in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction and is a direction facing away from the through hole, and formed to be spaced from the fourth conductive layer; and

a plurality of fourth side vias electrically connecting the first conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer, spaced from the conductive via in the second direction, and formed more adjacent to the conductive via than the plurality of third side vias; and

a wireless communication circuit electrically connected with the feeding line, and configured to transmit and/or receive signals each having a frequency between 3 GHz and 100 GHz.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of third side vias and the plurality of fourth side vias set lengths of a third shorting stub, which prevents a signal in a first frequency band from being transferred to the printed circuit board, and a fourth shorting stub, which prevents a signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band from being transferred to the printed circuit board.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the third shorting stub is disposed in the printed circuit board in the second direction, and
wherein the fourth shorting stub is disposed in the printed circuit board so as to extend in the second direction, to then extend in the first direction, and to again extend in the second direction.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the third shorting stub has a third length in the second direction between the conductive via and the plurality of fourth side vias,
wherein the fourth shorting stub extends in the second direction, then extends in the first

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yun Sumin
• Kim Dongyeon
• Park Seongjin
• Park Sehyun
• Jang Woomin
• Jeong Myunghun
• Jong Jehun
• Jo Jaehoon

Classifications

• H05K1/0237 Primary

  High frequency adaptations (H05K1/0216 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H01Q5/328

  between a radiating element and ground · CPC title

• H01Q13/02

  Waveguide horns · CPC title

• H05K1/115

  Via connections; Lands around holes or via connections (H05K1/112 takes precedence) · CPC title